~~, ~ 8 ART IN. NEW .YORR. [Correspondence of the Phila. Evening Baldetinj NEw Yonu, Feb. I.—Mr. Church,, one Is, the first vindicatora of American art" in the eyes of the world large, is a tall, pale man, not yet quite forty, but prematurely aged by sorrow. His face exhibits the American type in its greatest refinement; his hair is dark and soft, and his manners are perfectly toned, quiet, and noble.'" He paints in a large, plain room on the second floor of the Tenth street studio building, a sufficient but not, luxnrioua apartment, without the least trace of dilettantism.. The chief ornament is a duplicate of Palmer's bust of "Spring" the loveliest work of that adaptor, and a high light; among the treasures in your Academy of Art. A tro pical butterfly, whose broad :wings are enamelled with the most resplendent blue, has been framed and glazed like a picture and barigs upon the wall. • , Mr. Church is working upon alarge com position.illustrating "The Rainy Season in the Triples." It may be imagined what opulence of invention would be displayed in a subject like this, not restricted to any spesial locality, but revelling throngli the whole ' region of tropical fecundity. The utmost invention is exerted in - the cloud region, where the: tumtiltuous cohorts of a Southern storm are retreating in 'every conceivable caprice of arrangement, while a wonderful -burning bow broods calmli over all and quite - spans the picture. ThiEl canvas is, perhaps, eight feet across. As to the, rainbow, those who recollect how the same phenomenon, in Mr.' Church's "Niagara;" resembled some actual refl.ec tion of light upon the picture may fancy ha* this will dazzle and flash.: When I aw it, iately, it was simply laid in with - raw color, in three bands of the brightest blue, yellow and red. In this condition the arches , seemed to be fairly blaz - mg, Upon their background of grey, though of course not very aerial in texture. Curious to know whether the additional 'finish, diming the progrem of the work, would have the effect of detracting from or improving this strong relief, I asked question upon question, like another Dante meekly and persistently boring another Virgil. Mr. Church .took it with the Virgilian urbanity, and assured me that higher finish was always attended with greater apparent color and that the brilliancy of his rainbow would be still en hanced as it melted, beneath his brush, into light and spray. Talking of this and that, the artist gradu ally revealed more of himself and his methods and his successes. 'He , remarked that his' best efforts had always been directed to those soft blendings of tint with tint which distinguish his skies—one color just,dreaming of another, so exquisitely that if a critic only speaks it will awake and vanish. .In this department Mr. Church has certainly come as near to speaking the un speakable as an artist may. He adverted with some scorn to the critics who had dis tinguished his "Heart of the Andes" for the intricacy of its foreground. That, he said, - was by no means its strength—and he men tioned the amazingly small number of weeks in which'he had created all that world of countless foliage and flowers and living creatures, He rather• disparaged the won derful proficiency in botanic study which had been such a cheap success for him; and threw out from a drawer where it lay, co vered with dust, a neglected study of forest ,foliage, in which every leaf was a separate copy, with the just shading, out line and vein.thga. It was the merest raw material with him ; but where he had to paint (for instance) the first glimmer of the dawn stealing up a clear sky and putting out Ithe stars—in such a situation he would keep his nerves in their best action, and feel himself to be at work. His pictures are nearly all charac terized by some passage exhibiting this intense refinement; but he selected for his text one of his great successes, which hap pened:to be in the studio, one of his unap proached Andes pictures; but whether called "Cotopaxi" or "Chimborazo" I have provokingly forgotten at this moment. The mountain, although in a state of violent eruption, gave all its smoke to.the right, in which quarter the air was dark with meshes of floating blackness ; but on the other side the sky was clearer than an opal, and the subtle colors, broken over each other so softly that there was no part where you could say a tint began or ended, were in stanced as the moat difficult features of the compoSition. Perhaps this is the harder from the style of thinness with which Mr. Church invariably treats his at inesphere. There are painters, and great painters, to whoin the sky must appear as an immense lake of variegated syrup. This kind of quality may be squeezed from the paint-tube without any insurmountable difficulty; but to refine oil-color to the tenu ity of air at the summit of a ,inountain, where the traveler labors for - breath and bleeds from the ears, this has not oftenbeen tompassed, except by the master I speak. of. Whether this elevation andel:Ter-finish his given a kind of intellectual keennestand want of heart to his whole treatment, I do not care to ask. It should be asked, how . ever, and comes in as a consideration when the relative merits of Mr. Church and Mr. Bierstadt are balanced. This is a task ;I most respectfully decline, although if You would like a little of that diScussion , far your columns, I can buy it for you by the yard from plenty of critics here whose tastes have been profoundly cultivated at 'Leeds it Miner's auction rooms. Explosion in an Oil Refinery at 'Jersey Last evening, shortly after seven o'clOck, a terrific exulosion occurred hi one of the stills of the extensive' United States Double Still Oil Refinery, recently erected and put into operation at the corner of Provost and South Eigh th streets, Jersey City. The fire spread, great rapidity, and in-a'few minutes the entire building, was enveloped in flames. The fire department were promptly at work, and by ' their exertions the storehouse in the rear, containing about 424000 worth of refined oil, was.saved.: At the time of the_explosion the sky was bril .liantly illuminated, and the dwellings throughout the city, and for a great, dis tance around, were -lighted up, as if by a vivid flash . of lightning. , A report was in circulation that three men who were at work in the building = were missing; but 'a man employed there states that no one was Injured. The works are owned by Albeit N. Christie, doing business in Pearl street, NeW 'York. The loini cannot be definitely stated, but will probably amount to about 05,000. - THOTS3A.ND laborers have be= engaged to rebuild houses in Charleston, 8.0. MMZ THE BILLIAIM TOMAICAELSNT.-011. Saila!- , day the tournament for the championship .of Pennsylvania was continued at Coneeit Hall. The audience was fully aS large as on 'previous days. During the afternoon - Plunkett and Hewes contested in one of the series of • games for the bhampionshiti. Plunkett was the victor by a score of 500 to 390. Plunkett's highest runs were 41, 122, 58. Hewes's 36, 26,•31. Plunkett's average was 13,19. An exhibition game was then played between Nelms and McDevitt l which was won by Nelms, tbe score. Standing 390 to 21:12. Nelms highest run was 105, and McDevitt's 42. Pierre . Carole, the great French player, then treated the audience to a number of his wonderful fancy shots. On Saturday evening Ryall and Palmer mea sured their strength in a game of 500 points. Ryall won by 224 points:, Ryall's highest runs were 65, 58 and 31; Palmer's 35, 30 and 29. Ryall's average was' 12, 33. Pierre Carme then gave another, exhibition' of his wonderful talent. The evening's play was closed by Michael Phelan and. Carme, the latter winning in a game of 100 points up, push barred. Highest runs-Carme, ;80; Phelan, 19 and 17. ' • - • 1 A summary of the games up to !the pre sent time is as follows: •., 1 . Wednesday—Hewes, 500; 'Bruce; 239. •" • —Plunkett, 500; Palmer, 402. _ . Matz?3,&y—Pali!ler t i ; newes,.324. " Ryall. 300; Brace, 224. Friday—Ryan; 500 ;IHewes, 326,_ " -Plunkett, 500; Bruce, 2)5. .. . , Saturday—Plunkett, 500 ; HeAres, 276; '' ." —Ryall, 50Q; Hewes, 276. I Total games, B—Mr.lßyall winning 3, Mr. Plunkett 3, Mr. Palmer and Mr. Hewes each 1, -Mr. Bruce none. Messrs. Bruce and Palmer will play their 'ifioneluding game this afternoon, and Mr. 'Ryan will contend with Mr. Plunkettin the ' evening for the caeand Championship. • ' . Pmnaromxtria o$ I. is 8 ` well-known fact that Philade lphia wheel. wrights, blacksmiths, manufacturers, of ironware, steelware, and every kinds of metal machinery, have a world-wide repu tation for excellence They are noted.for the simplicity and graceful - finish of their : ,patents, and almost,Wi thout exception, re alize their expected . profits. Our star skaters of Philadelphia have been con siderably exeroisedon the question of a gaol model skate. Patents have been obtained for every style imaginable, but, none seem faultless. During the holidays the eyes of pedestrians on Chestnitt street were dazzled by an exhibition of really beautiful steel skates, in the shoNi• window of Mr. J.M. Hafleigh's • stores, with this explanation printed on. a card—" Presented to the gen tlemen of the Philadelphia Skating Park." Cost, $135 00. • , The finest steel, leather, and even silver and gold, were used in their composition. We understand that the skates have proVed perfectly satisfactory, and that Mr. James Whitson, the manufacture; contemplates opening an establishment next season! for the sale of skates of the same model, and of materials to suit the means of all who wish to secure good skates, at moderate prices. He proposes to have the assistance and ,in. I terest of Mr. Win. Van Hook, who has already supplied some of our best skate manufacturers with his excellent models. 1 This is good news to the skaters. Smut:min Expnosfon . .—Mugh excitement was caused in the neighborhood of Twenty- second and Callowhill streets, on Saturday I evening, by an explosion of a singular character. A noise resembling that made by an earthquake wee first heard and then the tops of inlets at Twenty-first and Twenty-second streets were lifted suddenly from their places and were hurled violently across the street. The glass in the windows of the houses in the immediate vicinity was greatly shattered. An examination was made and it was found that there had been an accumulation of gas in the culvert in Callowhill street, from a leak in a service pipe in the basement of No. 2113, in which a new meter had been placed quite recently, and that the gas had.;become ignited from the taking of a light into the basement. No person was,injured by the explosion. CITY MonTairrY.—The number of inter ments in the city during the past week was 291 against 364 during the same period last year. Of the whole number 145 were adults and 146 children, 76 ;being under one year of age; 143 were males, 148 females; 76 boys and 70 girls. The greatest numberof deaths occurred in the Twentieth Ward, being 23, and the smallest number in the Twenty second Ward, where only 4 were reported. The principal causes Of kleath were croup, 6; consumption, ,48 ; convulsions, 9: debility, 11; scarlet fever, 13; I inflammation of the brain, 7; inflammation of the lungs, 25, and old age 7. NAnnow EscAßa.-nAn exciting scene occurred on the Schuylkill, above the dam, about half-past four ' o'clock on Saturday afternoon. Miss - Adele Rabaud, residing in Marshall street, below Oxford, broke through the ice with her nephew, Robert Rabaud, aged nine years. She is expert swimmer, and not only succeeded in keep ing her head:above water, but held the child up until he was, taken out.by some gentle men. Both were in the water a considera ble time and were pretty well chilled.. DEATH OF MB. JA . 4R4 FULTON,,—James Fulton, well-known to the legal and insu rance profession of this city and State, former proprietor of the Legal and insu rance .Reporter, and member of the Phila delphia bar, died at his residence, on Wal nut street, on Saturday last, of consump tion. FATAL FALL.—Alexander Work, who was employed as watchman on boardl the bark White Wing, lying at Lombard street - Wharf, accidentally fell into the hold of that vessel at an early hour yesterday Morning, and was so badly injured that he died shortly after beirig removed to i the hospital. OBITITAItY.-R6. Armand Lafore one of . 1 the oldest French residents of Philadelphia, and at the time of his death the treasurer of the French Benevolent Society, died on last Friday, aged.fifty-eight years. , He lwas prominent in the society to which he lent so much of his labors, and had acted as its secretary kir many years. Rmtway Arm AcorcoNT.—A pair of horses attached to a carriage ran away from the corner of Twenty-first and Hamilton streets last evening, and after proceeding a short distance overturned the vehicle l and threw a Mr. Richards to the ground, injur ing him seriously. NEWSBOYS' MEETESG.--Another meeting of the newsboys, boot-blaoks mid such char acters was held on Sunday afternoon, at the County Court House. I Addresses were,- de livered by Messrs. 0. P. Contman, A. B. Keith, Toland and others. MAN DROWN - RD.—On Saturday afternoon, James Donaldson an Ir mate : of the Alm house, was drowned in crossing the Schuyl kill on the ice towards the city. He had been in - the institution about two years. Aonnows AND OPERA. StbidtPDS.-4llse and endorse only 'exquisite 'in:mall de Paris" for im• Vatting IC the roughest skin - the __ ,color texture and complexion of polished ivory. L'Emall de Paris is cud as a delicate beautifier Ibr thestre_,_saloon and ball room. Mlle. Vestvall Mn. :s D. P. Bowers, Lucille Western, and other lad i es recommend it to the profes sion and public for its efficiency and harmlescrems. Bold by druggists and dealers in toilette &Aides. it&A.p7rAgg, Biameness AND OATABior„-= /mac% AL D., Probasco of abovee and Au: treat' "'mimes aPPerlaining to the members with:the utancet succees. Testimonials from the utast reliable sources in the MW can be seen his office. No. RV Pine street. The medical amity are invited to acosnaPamy as he baa had no secrets in his practice. erect bisected. Nocbargenla4etgg OZainlYa THE Dl,:fii i l r .itiVEN - 6141,13' PitiII4AIXELPHIA, - 110NDAY, -F:EBEITARY 5,1868. ,Tam RAvng - 13ratik.. Yesterday. as I sat writing, ~ • • Not of wars, noryet of fighting, • But a page or so inditing Of a book for Stokea',Store— Saying things that I call " Cutting; 'Suddenly there came a butting, , And a wooly head was stuck in-- Sutick in at my office door. , 'TLs some colored soldier begging, . ; Thought I, wrltiogas betore; • Only, this, and nothing more,, ' See this Poe-m in full, and beautifully illustrated with cuts, as also a great many ether things in the new ."Book of Cuttings," issued by Chas. Stokes & Co., the eminent Clothiers under the "Continental." We- un derstand that copies of the "Book of Cuttings" may be had gratuitously by applying at' their store. WE- WOULD direct the attention of our readers to the advertisement of Messrs.' J. C. Straw bridge & Co. They will open this day, 5 cases new style Spring Calicoes, of best makes, at 21 cents Der yard. Also, a large lot of wide Chintzes, at 25 cents. SUPERI,ATi v.51,Y 'INR CONFECTIONS.— Choice and rare varieties for select presents. Mann fltetured by STEPHEN F:MBITMAN, No. 1210 Market street. SOONER OR LATER a.neg eo till Cola ' w ill develop aconstant Cough, ohortness of Breath, Failing Strength, and Wasting or Flesh—the avant couriers of Consumption. In some instances the same cause will produce* Rronchitis, a disease of the branches of the windpipe. In all affections of the pulmonary organs, as well as Bronchial complaints Jayne's Rxpectorant is both a palliative and a curative, as the testimony of thousands and its world-wide reputation '= attest— while in Coughs and Colds it slots speedily, and when taken according todirectiens, promptly removes them. Why not give this standard remedy an imme diate trial? Prepared only 51,242 Chestnut, PURE LuirairY LBAD.—Orders daily in eramankt • humrrAßLT Flint thwooraers CoNPBC xtoNs.—A variety of-ebolce kinds. STEPHEN F. WHITMAN, Manufacturer. , • , - - No. 1211 Market street. Few Conghs, Colds sad Affections-of the Lungs. This excellent preparation afforaa speedy relief in. all cases of sipulmonary character. Put up in bottles at ter.cents. . Harris dt Oliver, Druggists. B. .E. - corner Chestnut and Tenth streets. The trade supplied at reasonable rates. 'MARE-BE - LIKVB - foreign perfumes—the genuine being excluded by the enormous duties—flood the market. They, are .poor imitations of extracts which in themselves are tar inferior in odor, parity and durability to Plutlon's "Night-Blooming Cereus." manufactur from the most fragrant flower ever used for perfuming purposes. -e Iric\wapAßAßLß Gum DRors--Ever sol uble, and deliciously flavored. Mantifactured only by _ ETEPIEW P. WHITMAN, No. MO Market street. How comfortable the ladies look who are invested with a set of Furs. All the dangers of severe colds and affections of the lungs are rendered void by these elegant 'articles of dress, and it Is now in the power of every lady In the city, no matter how limited her means, to procure a set of rich Furs at a very small cost,at CRAB: OASBORD di CONS', unlike the Ctzeral mental HoteL HOPKINS' HOOP Ssurrs are the best made, and his assortment is complete. No. CS Arch street. WHI3I9iFS OF . Oxi-Dom. Men g e t to per sonifying wells that behave well. 4." hole Is a miserable ,tit," but a SOD barrel fellow—a great oleagi nous revolver—is a "she." The hal py owner watches with eyes of aLlectlon; be sits up" with her; be would marry' her If be could "tile death do them parU" but alas, wells, like empires. are mortal. The average life of a well is a year; some run a brief and brilliant career that can only be measured by moons. If a well con. ducts itself dutifully It is lovingly christened, and Is as well thought of as the cheap and excellent coal sold by W. W. alter, No. 957 North Ninth street. GRNTs' Hess.—Gentlemen desirous of riming a time Hat combining elegance and durability, will rind such at the great Hai Store at thin city, which last Srurnn PLATRD Wes.—Patented, Au gust, 1844.—an air-tight Ice Filcher. The trade s W elshed wish plated ware of all description& LEIBFBEID, Efanufactaree, F. C. *SYNE, Superintendent. Sil3 South Vl= street, MIA. Puns Imunrry LEAD.—Try it, and you will have none other. - • IRAN EDITOR TO BB ERICRADED.—We see it stated that an editor at tztockholta, Sweden, has been sentenced to be put to death by the axe, ibr having fslitely accused a lady ofcrime, If capital punishment were indicted upon all americtur editors who OM to stick to the truth, Jack Retch would have a busy Unto of It. A safe way to secure longevity in such an event would be to writs nothing except praises of the elegant and cheap garments EMS at the Brown Stone Cloth ing Hall of Rockhill & Wilson, Nos. 603 and SOS Chest nut street, above Sixth. RoAsTsD ALMONDS.—The finest Roasted Almonds manufactured, Ale thous prepared by STEPHEN Y. WHITMAN, No. IMO Market Mat. Pvaß Lurratrr LEAD.—Preferred by Dealers, is tt always gives tuttiseactlon to their cus tomer& Tnn ClEEsTurr.—This evening the new sensation play of "Black Mail ; or, the Holu of Ten," will be produced, the full strength of the company appearing. On Wednesday, at the matinee, , "Uncle Tosn's Cabin" will be played. TEE WAkurtrr.—Clarke again appears to night in "She Stoops to Conquer" and "He's Jack Sheppard." On Saturday Clarke and the entire company have volunteered to give a matinee for the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home. THE AECH.—Mrs. Emma Waller, the tragedienne, will appear this evening. A month of tragedy at the Arch Street Theatre is a novelty alike to the company and their patrons. Mrs. Waller will produce her best parts, among them several Shaksperian characters. To-night she will appear as the Duchess of Malfi, in the tragedy , of ' that name. Mr. Waller will personate Duke Ferdinand. Mr. Rankin and Mr. Tilton will assist the cast. "RI on Parle Frangais," a roaring farce, introducing Marlowe, Mrs. Thayer and the droll wag Robson, will also be given. On Friday night, for her benefit, Mrs. Waller will appear as Naomi. SIGNOR BLITZ AND THB SPHYNX.—This evening and at all his reridar performance at Assembly Building Signor Blitz will en tertain his audiences with that latest magical wonder "The Sphynx" Ho has had great expense and trouble in getting it up and it will attract very large houses. THE PBAS FAMILY.—At Assembly Building the Peak Family and the rest of the splendid company are drawing thronged houses. Their programmes are most ad mirable and. unexceptionable. Ts 33 PEOPIA'S THEATRE, in Callowhill street, below Fifth, is now open. "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is the attraction. .AT TIELII AMERICAN Wallett, the Shake perean Clown, is still drawing good houses, Confesirlon of Ir= 61 • abtarkweather, tho The Hartford (Ct.) Courant says Albert L. Starkweather has confessed the murder of his mother and his sister, for which crimes he was convicted on Wednesday. The sub'. stance of,the confession is as follows: "In the early part of the week preceding the murder, his mother, he said t came to Hartford and executed a deed to him of the homestead. Previously (in 1862) she had delivered to him a deed of , a lot, containing sixty-three acres though the deed had never been recerded. In:giving hini the deed of the homestead, she had required him to .give in return a mortgage note for fifteen hundred dollars in favor of Ella; his sister. On the Saturday following, he said,, he went to Rockville, and securing the ',services of a lawyer there, had the sixty-three acne of land, given to . him in 1862, and the home stead which had Just passed into his pos session, deededto Emerett Campbell, thus disposing to her all the 'estate to which he held title. On his return home that evening he .stopped at Mr. Campbell's house, and gave the deed to . Emerett. , When he reached his own • house he -told his mother what he, had done, and •she, Very , naturally, censured him for &Ding what she pronounced to be a -very fool eh act, and expressed herself in strong terms. She finally told him, however that if he was willing to take the deed o f pi/0364-11s previously amed upon, and let the note of fifteen hunched do lla rs in favor of Ella stand twit was drawn, and would keep the deed in - his own name and live on the pre. I was tired of darkey capers, And bent close above my papers, Roping thus the blaek intruder Would go wander from my door. But I hoped and wished most vainly; For he knocked and butted, plainly bhowing that he was determined To have a speech upon my floor. Wm - 33 es CHA_BLES OAIEFORD & 80103, Vidal' the Continental HoteL AIIIIISEILENTS. miser, the,arrangement shi2o - 14 made with in regard to : property ;might remain binding, and if Emererit would marry him she could come there and live; bat if his • chose to treat the matter as he had—deeding 'away all he was worth-Lhe should not have 'an inch of the ground. The'words quoted are precisely, those used by:her, as stated. by Starkweather in his confession. He told her that he would do nothing of the kind— ; would not take back the deed he had given to Emerett—and then accused her of inter , fering with his own arid Miss Campbell's ;arrangements. Some further conversation of an excited character ensued, which re sulted in his mother's going and getting the deed and note (which were in her posses- ;lion) and tearing them 'up in his presence. 'High words - followed, 'and I told her,' said he, 'that I would be revenged.' .[The de struction of the deed and note, it will be observed, rendered the deed he had given to Miss Campbell totally valueless.] *From that time,' he added, 'until the time of the murder, the idea of killing mother did not leave my mind.' Hesaid bethought, ofit con stantly, all night Saturday and Sunday, and Sunday night,, and all the following day, 'and the more I thought of it the madder I grew,' were the words he used. Monday night he made, up his mind to do the deed, as a favorable opportunity was presented by the absence of the hired man and bey. His mother and sister setup to a very late hour, ,as they were frequently • accustomed to do. Toward morning, about three o'clock, the house'became quiet, and he took the axe from the wood sh ed and the knife from a drawer, and proceeded to the bed-chamber of his mother up stairs. On getting there he immediately struck her blows upon the , head with an axe, and in'so• doing startled his sister Ella,' who was lying in the back tart' of the bed, and she sprang up and umped toward him. He did not expec t to ill her, but awaking as she did, an u s he supposed, seeing him, he was - led tock her In the head in order to put her out of the way, that she might not be a witness to his crime against him. To make certain work, he used the axe freely, and then stabbed his victims with the knife. Having done this 'much, he says he knocked his head against the wall, and made a bruise on his forehead, and one on the side of his face, and then took his jack-knife from his pocket and cut his shirt and his breast, so that the story he had decided to tell, relative to his being as sassinated by two men, might be believed. Afterwards, in order to cover up the crime, he set fire to the beds; particulars of the finding of which by Mr. White, to whose house the murderer repaired and gave an alarm, have appeared in the testimony of that gentleman. The Orphan HomeeleacL The Sabbath Schools belonging to the churches as named, have taken twenty-five dollar shares in the Orphan Homesteid Fund, since last published notice : - St. Paul's Episcopal church, Cheltenham. Pa., 6 shares, $l5O ; Church of the Nativity, Episcopal, Philadelphia, and Grace Episco pal church, Philadelphia, each two shares, .$5O; SL,Martin's Episcopal church, Marcus Hook, Pa.; SL Matthias Episcopal church, Philadelphia ; St. Clement's Episcopal church, Philadelphia; Church of the Re demption, Episcopal,. Philadelphia; Church (ti' the Messiah, Episcopal, Philadelphia , German Reformed church. Farmersville, Pa.; Christ church, German Reformed, Philadelphia; Christ churcla, Lutheran, Gettysburg, Pa., Central Congregational church, Philadelphia; Winthrop Congrega tional church, Charlestown, Massachusetts,; First Presbyterian church, Peekskill, N.Y.; second Presbyterian church, Peekskill, N. Y.; Presbyterian church, Nyack, N. Y.; Presbyterian church, Bloveltville, N. Y.; Presbyterian church, Greencastle, Pa.; Al exander Presbyterian church, Philadelphia; Westminster Presbyterian church, Phila delphia: Olive street Presbyterian church, Philadelphia; Presbyterian church, Lyons Farms, N. J.; Presbyterian church, Saint Louis, Mich.; Presbyterian church, Sara toga Springs, N. Y.; First Presbyterian church, Camden, N. J.; Second Presbyterian chuicb, Camden, N. J.; Mount Vernon Mission. Presbyterian Sabbath School, Cam den, N. J.; Reformed Dutch church, Fish kill, N. Y.i :Reformed Dutch church, Fish kill landing, N. Y.; Reformed Dutch church, Sing Sing, N. Y.; Reformed Dutch church, Nyack, N. Y.; Reformed Dutch church, Pierniont, N. Y; Fourth United Presbyterian church, Philadelphia; Fifth United Presbyterian church, Philadelphia; Sixth United Presbyterian church, Phila delphia; Baptist church, Sing Sing, N. Y.; Baptist church, East Gaines, N. Y.; Taber nacle Baptist church ; Philadelphia; Eleventh Baptist church, Philadelphia ; Twelfth Baptist church, Philadelphia; First Baptist church, Camden, N. J.; North Bap tist church, Camden, N. J.; Emory Metho dist Episcopal church, Philadelphia; Central Methodist Episcopal church, Philadelphia; Nazareth Methodist Episcopal church, Phil adelphia; Methodist Episcopal church, Twentieth and Spring Garden streets, Phil adelphia; Third street Methodist Episcopal church, Camden, N. J.; Second Methodist Episcopal church, Peekaville, N. Y.; Meth odist 'Episcopal church, Fishkill, N. Y.; Methodist Episcopal church, Nyack, N. Y.; Methodist Episcopal church, Sing Sing, N. Y.; each $25 or one share. Total contributed and subscribed; $1,450. The Ancient Staines Found at Maitre We noticed some time ago the dicovery of a torus of an ancient statue in the mudof the marsh at Malta. On this subject a com munication from the librarian, Dr. Cesare Vactqftilo; has appeared, and we append a translation of the article thus: An ancient bust of a female figure, in Greek marble, and probably of Roman sculpture, was lately presented by his Excellency, the Governor, to the museum of the library. From its proportions it would appear that when entire the statue must have measured about five feet in height. This bust was ac cidentally brought up from a depth under the mud of fourteen feet, in the beginning of February, by the workmen employed in the excavation of the new port in the creek which lies at the foot of Casal Paola. The conditions of 'time and place, its having been under salt water for more than fifteen centuries, and having been buried under a muddy stratum, which in the course of years has always been increasing in thick r ness, have caused it to lose a great deal of its beauty. The whole surface is, in fact, more or less eroded, and many of the fold ings of the dress are injured. Spite of all this, it is still pretty; and the upper part, from the waist to the base of the neck is particularly fine. But what virgin:or goddess could it have, been intended to represent ? The loveliness of the figure, the bare arms, the straps that deceded from the right shoul der across the breast, and, above ell the short dress that scarcely reaches the ' knee, induce us to believe that it represented Diana. And • Diana was a goddess. known in the neighborhood of the large Mersa from the',remotest times. The Marquis Barbard, in his dissertation on the ancient edifices discovered in that place 1768, speaking of a CrYsoprase found among the ruins there, assures ns • that; besides - the effigy of the 'sun one of Diana was also discovered. Besides to. Diana was also intrusted by Father Jove, the guardhinship of the ports. It was, therefore, reasonable : that in our port, which may be called the port, par ex calence, and to which it; suited' so many !ships to! , repair in order tO. pass the winter season, there should be : erected:; to;the tute lary goddess a statute to represent her. Nay, 'more; there is reason, to suppose that some ,of the snhstruettires concerning which , the marquis argues with so much erudition had served as subterranean Walla for a temple or some place of worship in honor of the goddess. In the same spot where this Diana was found there were by chance also ex- traoted from the mud two imperfect shafts of -marble pillars, one five feet and a hal and .the other three feet and abalf in height and a foot end' eight inches in diameter, which pillars, with perhaps many others, may have served to decorate the teMple. The figure has the head broken off from the base of the neck, as also-the arms, and the legs from the knee downwards. But this has been the fate of all the statues hitherto found in these islands. Thaeabric figures of - Hercules, iii an erect posture, and of Ceres Julia, pre; served in this museum, and that of June fixed in the wall, under the gate at Medina, areiproofs of this. And this mutilation is to be attributed to the change of religion and to the aversion naturally entertained to 'ward§ everything which savored of Pagan; ism. This aversion could be more easily shown against this statue of Diana, which; being close t,o• the sea, was, without pity, thrown into it, after the usual ceremony of striking off the head. SKATING. PARKS. GREAT ATTRACTION • . AT THE NATIONAL SKATING PARK, . Twenty-firsi St. and Columbia Avenue. , The match between Mr. SWAIN , of New Yor, and a PROMINENT MEMBER of the PHILADELPHIA. SEATING CLUB will CERTAINLY COME OFP THIS AFTERNOON, from 3 to 5 o'clock. • Illumination and/dust° this evening. Take Ridge Avenue Cars. Single admission, 25 cents. It SKATING ! SKATING 2 • Grand'Masquerade Fancy and Citizens • . Dress earnlva if • _ Grand Masduera Fancy and Citizens Dress Carnival . • . • : This,Nonday.A.ftein.o.on and. _Throning' Febriary Sth, weather permitting, at ' • - TTNIOTior PAR S, Fourth and 'Diamond Sts: Many friends and ash fi bers have . added their names- to the subscription list, and pledge themselves to be present in fancy costume. The proprietor has eighty fancy costumes, which he will let hls friends and subscribers have the use of graitultons on this occasion. A Rand of Music will be present to enliven this en chanting scene. EXTRA ILLUMINATION THIS EVENING FROM 7 to II o'clock. Aniple accommodations for 5,000 visitors. Warm rooms. hot stoves, hot viands, good ice and unprecedentecly superior skating. GREAT NOVELTY. Photograph Gallery erected for this occasion. Ladies' and gems' photographs taken on skates. Get your photographs taken in fancy and skating costume. IQ SKATING ! SKATING ! SKATING ! Central Skating Park Fifteenth and Wallaoe Streets. By the landings and genius of the Wei ern Stearn Engine Company the Park last night was flooded again, and Ude morning presents to Its patrons a anr fare smooth and be_antimL Skating to-day, all day and evening. The Central Park Band in attendance afternoon and evening. 1$ SKATING! SKATING! SPLENDID SKATING ON TECH PHILADELPHIA SKATING PARK, Thirty-first and Walnut Streets, WITH ALL THE Armacnolca AND ADyAN TAGER PELT:IIIAB TO TACOS PARK. There was rplendid ekating on this Park all of last week DA.Y and NIORT, which can only be produced by OUR PATENT ICE PLANE which le not in use in aey other PARK IN THIS CITY. whale adnikaion, >u oenta each. To be had at en. trans. 1 1110 Dill a J. E. CALD WELL & CO., 82,S Chestnut Street. PARIS MANTEL CLOCKS, Bronze and Gilt. Black Marble and Bronze. Visible Escapement and Glass Plain Black and Drab Marble. Superior Movements. Real Bronze Centre Pieces. Real Bronze Statuettes. Candelabras and Side Pieces. WATCtIES. Just received, an extengive stoc.k. direct from Patek Philippe & 00., GENEVA. Self Winders. Juin JUBOENSEN, CHARLES PRODSB AM, London. fe.2-61 I,BWIS LA.DOTs- 'DIAMOND DEALT% & JEWELER; WATCHES, JIMMY b SUTER RABBI WATOHER and 3EWELBY REPAIRED 8 02 Chestnut St., Phi's- wA.rrc rums AND CORAL GOOD'S. A large invoice of LADIES' AND GENTS' WATCHES of the best makers—and - Fine Coral. Sets, To which' the attention of those aboutprirehasing Is In vited, just received, by - LEWIS LADOMITS; ' Diamond Dealer and Jeweler, AL& , 802 CIEENTNZT Street. RIGGS , Iv BROTHER., .7i. CHRONOMETER, CLOCK, WATCHMAKERS, • -,244 BottaIPHONT Street, Have eenetantty ,op band a complete' asso i rtment ci CLPCHEi t.. da, for, liallioade, 'Banks and IConntini Hones,width they Wier at reasmtable s ratea; Paitictilikr attention paid to the *miring° fine Watoboaand Clocks. jallahn ; I{ , FAILESTATP.4. 2124 BRAMYTIVINE STRlger.—Tbree Story brick. with back buildings. Lot Is'feet nt by 78 feet deep:; Immediate oaaesidon. Brice 8 250 : For sale by : BO ' 4 faii.ste North,ZilathabeeL WANTek A' Ns,— ee • ere . co • , n wmi t ln s • . :e . 017 •Bs_ 1 landlak from bark Zei Plats, aad Ilar' aids ar BIISSERAA Ijlo. l 1011 lleaware wrongs. Alnisundom4 . 1 ,„„n 11:v41.f 02).:V y flog: vac" t.. 1 ice r. fEECOWE BEATS , To all vino= of annumnex4 may to bad tOp to nil D'olmilr any oyealnr. ' • mhfidi L Eeii - azt :11Z,T_Ii•V-1,11 I z 4 :10).: Mit : THE MIGHLUTHE OPTION, LH tAtutempa LIT street. opposite the Poet 0 the ABM OSEESTNIIT WALNUT and AOAD 3t - usid. no toe o'eloelt every' even/alt. - tow 'NrEW CHESTNUT STREET Iate.A.TEN, .11 CHESTNIFT Street. above TWELFTH. LEONARD GROVER and:WM. E. SINN, Leasees and Managers. MOST SUCCESSFUL THEATRE, IN AMERICA. OF ITS SIZE, having paid an internal Jrevenne tax for the year 186 upon it being T LARGEST RETMIN made by any thea HE tre os this POSITIVPLY Fort • SIX NIGHTS GNI•V, - S ttli ON.LY, The new and absorbing NIGH sensational drama, In five acte, entitled -, - BIrACN MAIL ; SLACK • MAIL : OR, • THE HOTIR OF TEN! THE HOUR OR TEN! with Miss .Tosie Orton,M.r. MOrdannt, H. Clarice .1 , . T. Ward, C. Lewis, F. Foster; Mrs. E. F. Roach An others in the cast. :ADMISSIONS—ZS cents, 50 cents, and O. Docni_open at 6.45. Curtain rises at 7.45. • WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. Feb. 7, GRAND EXTRA MATINEE. ENOLE TOM'S CABIN (second time this saliva), • SATURDAY AFTERNOON, February 10th, SATURDAY AFTERNOON. February Ent._ EIGHTY-NINTH GRAND FAMILY MATIN=, BLADE MAIL OE; THE - HOUR OF . TEN, will he performed. - AdMWON to Matinees, IS seats to parts of the Mouse: Children, 25 cants. Doors open at LIS. Cur rlseirst 2.15. WALM:Pr STREBT THEATRE. If. E. corner NINTH and WALNUT Streets, THIRD WEEK OF MN. JOHN S. CLARKE. MONDAY GREAT BILL OF CLANK E'S RENEPiT, When hundreds could not obtain admission, owing to the overflowing audience, will be repeated. COMEDY. COMICIULAMA. FANCF,. CLARKE IN GREAT COMI C M C • 'INSURING THREE HOURS OF FUN. MONDAY. Goldsmilh's Comedy of SHE STOOPS TO pIifiQUEN. Td' Y Lomultino.. ..Mr. J. S. Clarke After whlch:Pliiials - doTalieDriGna of HE'S JACK SIIMPPAND. simonPu refoy} Jack Sheppard. J. S. Clarke To commence with the Laughable Comedy of THE PRACTICAL MAN . "FRIDAY-BENEFIT OF MR. J. S. CLARKE. MRS. JOBE _ DREW'S NEW 6 T ET_ TREATER. Begtns at 75; o'clock. FILET WEBB OF THE GREAT TRAOIOARTISTS, EMMA. watr Fst and . - MR. Wa THIS (Monday) EVENING February 5, ass, John Webster'fand old Tragedy, DuCDUCHESS OF l T H E 'The Duchess of.FhntnaWalter Duke Ferdinand._.-------r. WallerA Bank in Bosolo-- L. Tilton To conclude withthe glorious Faroe of ICI ON PAII.LE FRANCAIS. Mr. Sprig.g. ...... ..... Robson Victor Dubots.__—__ Marlowe FRIDAY—B... - EFIT OF EMMA WALLER. Seats secured six days In advance. BraT.T.TANT SUCCESS Of Mr . Thomas letcfie3n's celebrated dramatize, Lion of UNCLE TOWS CARLY; OR, LIFE AMONG THE LOWLY. Which will be presented EVERY EVE?. LNG DURING THE WEEK. Uncle Tom__. _Mr. IL W. Goseta R !mon Legree_ .. ............ . __Hr. Thomas Weir Topey(wlth Jennie Ranker F'.va (with a song)._ La Petite Maria Nlr,hols FULL AND : , .WEEC vivid COMPANY. NEW AND BEAUTI ti.t. SCENERY. PRIG OF ADMISSION. Drl3ll Circle and Orchestra.. -- mots Reserved and Private Box Seats. . cents at half-past Doors open at quarter befbre I o'cl — ock: ' Commence T. NOTICE TO FAMILIES. THE FIRST UNCLE TOM MATINEE, Will take lame in thls establishment on SA AY AFTEELNOON NEXT. Feb. to. Asimiaalon to all Darts of the honse---ta cents. A SSEMBLY BIJELDINGS, .111. S. W. corner of TENTH and etusb•l'NUT Streets, THIRD WERE UNEQUALED SUCCESS. HUNDREDS TURNED AWAY NIGHTLY. This (MONDAY) and every evening during the week, the world renowned PEAK 'FAMILY SWISS BELL RINGERS. TWO HUNDRED AND FARTY SILVER BELLS. MISS FANNER A. FRITZ, the graceftd Staff-Bell Player, from Europe, will Make her tint alsPearance RAND this MA evenin SATURDAY AFTERNOON. Admission. 22 cents. Secured Seats, 50 cent Children, F cents. No half-price to secured seats. Doors open at T o'clock. To commence at & Matinee admittance, 32 cents. Children, 15 cents. Matinee—Doors open at 2 o'clock. Commence at 3. frs-erj C. C. CHASE, Business Agent. N - 11MT AMERICAN THEATRE. GRAND NATIONAL lEBOUS, wALNU T atreed, abo Math. EXTRAORDINARY ATTRACTIO ve N! EVERY EVENING AND ON WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY AFTER. NODES, W. F. MULLETT. the QI7RE-NH JESTER. MASTER SEIGRIST, the CHILD WONDER. MONS. FRANCOIS SEIGRIST, the Great Acrobat, and Ida wonderttd TRAINED DOGS. NOBLE STUD OF HORSES. THEE COMM MULES, &c. 11314EIRELLI . AMATEUR OPERA. SECOND SUBSCRIPTION NIGHT • and last performance of Perellrs "Cr..4RM4A. HARLOWE." CONCERT HALL, TUESDAY EVENING, Feb, 6, Doors open at 73•4 P. M. Subscriptions for the season and single ticket! for Tuesday, to be had only at Mr. Perelirs rooms, No. 1.1. Chestnut street, on Monday, from Ito 4P. M., and on Tuesday, from 9 A. H. to 4 P. M. A SSEMBLY BUILDIN . B& TE and NUT. UNABATED SUCCESS—N. CHES EW FEAT T S. WAR %FA ock Y EVENING o cl. and Wednesday.B'VEß at and Saturday Afternoons, at 3 o'clock. This week, the Wonderful Rope Dancer, the Auto maton Turk Humorous Ventriloquial Scenes,Learned Canary Birds. jAISIAt, Admission, 25 chi.; Children, lScts.; Reserved seats. Me, _ - - ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, CHESTNUT. above Tenth street Open from 9 A. M. till 6 P. M. CHRIST Benj. West'sMt TED .iot-ore o Still on exhibition. 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Money advanced on Merchandise generally; Watchesjewelry..Dlamonds, Gold and Silver Plate, and on all artiales of value, for any iertgth of time asggrreed on: WATCHES AND JEWELRY AT PRIVATE SAVE. =PineGold-Hunting Case, Donde liettoM and Open Face Eng. Mb; -- American and Sults .Patent ' , Levee pppi•_.Watob es; _Fine Gold Hunting Case and' Open Pace Le. Wetchtm_ Fine Gold Duplex and other Watches, ' Pine Silver Ranting:Case 'mad •. Open - Race English, American_and Swiss Patent Lever and. - Leulne , Watches: Double Case. Rh Quartier . an d . other Watches; . Lad i ss , Farm Watches: Diamond Breasts" - yin iT er m ~a f aim - Bar Rings, Studs. &c.: Fine Gold ne . . Med allions; Benedetto Scarf Pteng -- Bresist. Pbsgee .Rings r Pencil Cases, and !Jawoliq plc+. B BALE.:-A. luge and !Venal ,FireP.rnarthast4 imitable foe ItaelteaB4.l)±lCe NW; . - Also. several -Lola in South Camden, _FlittiTand Chestnut streets. SOPS-Growth of 1665. TntMJRILTAn,a wanw . - net 08 seam Delaware 61111114.
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